The Southern Oceans including Antarctic regions are peculiar and very sensitive water biotopes, where animal life and species interrelations are only poorly investigated. Especially the influence of parasites on their host species needs intensive consideration in times of global warming and worldwide pollution.

This book richly illustrates great vector competence of mosquitoes for pathogen and parasite transmission. Readers will also discover behavioural and morphologic adaptions of mosquitoes and related species adapted to blood sucking.